Despite mediocre and poor ratings, Parenthood managed to escape being cancelled for years. But now, NBC has decided to end the show with season six. Will the ratings rise in the final year or will they drop even lower? Will they regret the decision? Stay tuned.
Parenthood follows the lives of the extended Braverman family in Northern California. The large ensemble cast includes Bonnie Bedelia, Joy Bryant, Tyree Brown, Max Burkholder, Erika Christensen, Lauren Graham, Miles Heizer, Sam Jaeger, Peter Krause, Xolo Mariduena, Craig T. Nelson, Monica Potter, Savannah Paige Rae, Dax Shepard, and Mae Whitman.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
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For comparisons: The fifth season of Parenthood averaged a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 3.98 million total viewers.
Note: Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like Parenthood TV series? Do you agree with the decision to end the series? Should there be a seventh season or is this the right time to end the show?
I am very sad this show ended! I like others hate most reality tv. I found this show on Amazon Prime and even purchased the current season last September so I could watch it every week uninterrupted! I hate commercials so I never watch tv in “real time”, which I guess effects ratings! This was a great show and I looked forward to watching it every week!
Will never understand why these quality shows end. The stories and characters were all so interesting and my friends and I looked forward to each and every episode. So tired of all the “homicide shows” and reality trash programming. Thanks to all on the show for providing intelligence and quality entertainment. I will really is this show 🙁
There are so few quality shows. Now there is one less. I lived this show in so many ways and now I will morn it. Bring it back! Make the ending a dream sequence. Give us something that makes us feel good, enough with the blood sucking or serial killer/catchers. I recorded this one and looked forward to kicking back and for an hour I was the family member you hadn’t met, yet…
So sad that they ended Parenthood. So much better than the reality shows out there. Parenthood seemed more real than those shows. Please bring it back or at least a spin off.
NBC is idiotic. they moved the dang show which made us miss some. Do they count HULU which is where we finally watched it? This is like the wonderful Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip — NBC screws with its shows changing time slots and then wonders why the damn ratings go down. NO MORE NBC SHOWS.
PLEASE PLEASE do NOT end this show!!! It is my absolute favorite!! It is real, and reminds me of my own family. I love it and want it to still play!!!!
What I want to know is “Why was it cancelled”
They say due to low ratings…great show!
poor ratings
Best show on television, I could relate to a lot that was going on. I will miss Thursday nights. The ending was great and I loved the fast forwarding. It is too bad NBC couldn’t keep the it going. There is not enough family shows on T.V.
What a wonderful ending to a great show. Other shows should take the hint that this is the way to end a series!!!!!!!!!!!! I never watch the family type shows(at all) but this one was really good. To bad it was cancelled, however they did wrap it up extremely well. GREAT JOB-PARENTHOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m so sad this show ended. It was my favorite. Please bring it back.
Big mistake one of the few good shows nbc had will no longer watch nbc nothing now worth watching
I rarely watch TV anymore unless it’s a movie on Netflix or Amazon because it’s simply trash. I don’t care what so-called famous people who are pretending to be real are doing with their lives! TV isn’t supposed to be real! Thanks for giving me Parenthood, which allowed me to drift off, reflect, and feel good!
I loved the show. Please bring it back.
Shocking that NBC cancels another good show. I’m surprised they let Parenthood go as long as they did. This network is famous for cancelling good shows after only a season or two. Parenthood is one of the last shows I watched on NBC. Every time they start a new show that looks good, I find it hard to allow myself to watch it and get invested knowing they’re just going to cancel it.
Please bring the show back. I really enjoy watching ever show. I hope u all change ur minds and bring it back.